The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-03-10

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telligent person should be glad to live.
The Shutdown people always do their
whole duty in everything good, though
we are common people. The letter of
"Citizen,n which was published in your
paper of February 10, did not surprise
any one. Think know the writer, and
was not surprised, for tree is known
by its fruit. Probably his bottle had
given out-hence the tempest in the tea
pot. He may be intelligent and have g.
large stock of knowledge, though I think
he lacks wisdom in applying it. His
letter did not harm any one in slabtoWn.
He may think slabtown a place where
all bad deeds are done and no good ones,
but from the way he mixes up things he
seems to think Slabtown is no where in
particular and everywhere in general.
|, He writes of things that were never
known Of: in slabtown until he tells us.
Well, Iwonder.if Virgins, the weather
and earthquake and storm prophet, would
mot like to employ him, for he seems TO
know the future as we'll as the past. The
slabtown meeting may have been wrong,
but to misrepresent a good community is
q much greater wrong. have always
voted for Mr.. E. b. Murray, and he has
many good friends in Slabtown, as he
we'll knows, though I beg leave to differ
with him on some things. ! was at the
.Slabtown meeting and am not sorry it,
for many Of the best citizens Of slabtown
were there.
s,i know We have good roads in Slab
town, and always have had. l do not
See any necessity to work on the roads
eight days and nine hours to the day
where there is no use for it. We are,
willing to do our duty and no more. !
think the slabtown meeting was q good
thing. It has done good and will do
good. Itiseems to me that the new road
Law is Important enough to talk about.
The new road Law is causing more think.
ing and discussion on the subject ofpub.
lie roads than anything that ] know OF.
It is good thing for the people to think,
for public. opinion when informed, is
always safe. The people know pow what
Kind of road law they want better than
they ever did before. I think two.thirds
of the. people are in favor of working
the roads by taxation. This is the just
and right way that they should be worked,
for the section of the road that / am
assigned to work will correctly represent
the facts of the case. Twenty of us
have to work distance of two miles.
Twenty hands for eight days at fifty cents
per day amounts to eighty dollars for
this, road if the Law is. carried out. I
have been informed BY good men that
they would take the contract to work
this section for forty dollars, anu put it
in good condition. Ionce ssw that bill
had been introduced in Congress proyid-
: ing that the army of the United States
should never be increased to more than
twenty-five thousand men at any time,
and it was proposed to amend this so IS
to provide that the United States should
not at any time be guarded by an army
of more than twenty five thousand men.
This would have been q good law with
the amendments. So I think the road
law would be good Law to amend. The
only good I see Of the nine hours a day
is to let the late conner do days work
and commence work at any time of the
day he may choose, just so that he has
nine hours of the day in which to work.
J. N. HEMBREE,
of Slsbtown.